On 8/2/2007 10:19 AM, fantasai wrote [in part]:
> Masayuki Nakano wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I really want to find out what the jp-critical need for linebreaking
>>> of Latin-1 text is.
>> we need to break URLs in most cases, therefore, I think, we should break
>> after '/' for path part of URLs. And also we should break after '\' for
>> windows file path too. And we should also break after '&' and ';' or '='
>> for param part of URLs. And '%' too. It is used for %-encoding.
>
> Why do we "need to" break URLs? Yes, it would be nice but can you give
> some examples of where this is "jp-critical"? It would be better if we
> all had the same understanding of the problem we're trying to solve here.
>
> I'd rather not break at '\', because it is used in escapes, which could
> be in the middle of a token. If we're breaking at '\', I want to see
> examples of why it is necessary and some estimate of how common these
> cases are vs. the cases where we want the word to stay together.
>
> For %-encoding, you'd want to break *before* the %, not after it. But
> for normal usage, e.g. '100%', you really don't want to break before.
> Therefore I don't think % should be a breaking character.
>
> I don't see a problem with breaking after ';'. I can't recall how they're
> particularly relevant to URLs, but I also can't think of any cases where
> that would break anything.
>
> If we want to break at &, then we should prioritize spaces and semicolons
> over &. We don't want 'x &nbps; ' to break after either &.
>
>> '/' and '\' may be needed the context analysis. (they are only broken
>> after if it is second or more?)
>
> Yes, I believe this is necessary. 'c/o' should never break. Neither should
> '\n'. If we're allowing breaks at slashes in 1.9, then this level of context
> analysis is imho required.
Examples where the virgule (/) should not break a line:
n/a for "not applicable"
fractions (e.g., 2/3)
dates (e.g., 8/2/07, which I would usually write "2Aug07" to avoid
confusion with 8Feb07)
combined units of measure (e.g., mi/hr, cm/sec, kg/m2)
and/or (a stylistic abomination that I never use)
In text other than Web pages, I manually break URIs and file paths just
before (not after) the virgule.
--
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>.
Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive
bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997
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